Wednesday’s slate of games were full of solid pitching with an average of around 6 total runs per game. We had one win and two losses with good pitching but little offense. Let’s take a gander:

AAA Indianapolis lost on Wednesday 4-1 to Columbus. Ty Taubenheim (same birthday as me) got the loss after going 2 innings and giving up 2 runs. When he came out, Yoslan Herrera pitched well, going 4 innings and giving up 1 run. On to finish up the game was Juan Mateo who pitched 3 solid innings, allowing just one unearned run. Juan still has a 0.00 ERA over 7 innings of relief. On the offensive end, Andrew McCutchen had a triple (his third) and was driven in by Bixler (who also had a triple) in the first. That was about it for the offense. Jeff Salazar had two of the 6 Indians hits. They better get some offense going some time soon. They play the Louisville Bats (Cincinnati affiliate) Thursday night.

AA Altoona also lost 4-1 on Wednesday to Akron. Anthony Watson got the loss after he gave up 4 runs in 2/3rds of an inning. That was the first, but after that bad inning, no more runs were surrendered. Lincoln Holdzkom threw 3.1 scoreless, Jeff Sues tossed 2 hitless, and Jean Machi finished it off with 2 more scoreless innings. Brian Friday continued his complete domination of AA (now batting.611), going 3 for 4 with a triple and stolen base. Shortstop of the future? Maybe. The team only had 3 other hits. The Curve play Erie (Tigers) Thursday night.

A Lynchburg was the only winner on Wednesday, defeating Winston-Salem 5-4. It was the same story of the other two games, but with more offense. Justin Wilson, last year’s fifth round pick, made his second start. He went 4 innings and gave up 3 runs. The ‘pen picked him up, though, tossing 5 innings of 1 run ball. Pedro Alvarez got a hit (going 1-3) to improve his average to .167. Shortstop Jordy Mercer blasted a 3-run homer to gie the Hillcats some insurance. First baseman Matt Hague continued to hit well with 2 knocks, boosting his average up to .407. Impressive. Today, the Hillcats finished their last game in the series with Winston-Salem with a 9-6 win. More on that tomorrow.